Slipper-sole.



PATBNTED JULY 12, 1904.

B. A. GUIN'ZBURG.

SLIPPER SOLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1003.

K0 MODEL.

W1 TNESSES:

INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES Patented July 12, 1904.

PATENT ()FFICE.

" DWIN A. GUINZBURG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUPPER-SOLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,941, dated July 12, 1904.

Application filed August 25, 1903. Serial No. 170,739. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. GUINZBURG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have invented Improvements in Slipper-Soles, of which the following is a specification. The improvement in slipper-soles forming the subject of this invention embraces,broadly, a thin edge or flange extending around the sole proper and projecting for some distance above the upper surface thereof, forming a neat, serviceable, and comfortable article of wear. The upwardly-projecting edge may have a binding, as a braid, applied thereto and affords a ready means for the attachment of a woolen or other upper to it's top edge by sewing in the usual manner, said edge or flangebeing of such a character and height as to prevent the upper when the slipper is in use coming in contact with the ground by side sagging. This sole by the thinness of its upturned edge leaves the whole area of the sole unobstructed and available as a base for the bottom of the foot, so that no inconvenience whatever is encountered in the use of the same. A lambs-wool sole or soft tread-piece, such as is generally used in thisclass of soles, may be fitted to lie within the upturned edge or flange and be attached to secured to the bottom of the body portion,

the excess in size of which outer covering is bent up around the edge of the body portion and is held in its upturned position by attachment to the edge of the lining, which in its upturned position lies within and retains the edge of the outer covering as a vertical flange extending around and above the body portion. The binding when applied will extend over the top edge of the flange and em.- brace the flanged portion of both the outer covering and inner'lining.

To more fully describe my invention and a preferable mode of procedure to be practiced in its manufacture, I will now refer to the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1, 2, and 3 show in plan view three stages in the process of manufacture of the sole. Figs. 1*, 2, and 3 are cross-sections, respectively, of said views. Fig. 4 illustrates a completed sole applied to an upper, and ligv 5 is a cross-section of Fig. 4 on the line The body portion a is cut into the desired shape of the sole from a sheet of pa'steboard, or fibrous or other suitable material. To it is attached the outer covering 6, preferably of leather, made in the same general form, but larger, said outer covering when secured to the body portion by paste or other suitable cement having a marginal extension of uniform width beyond the edge of the body portion a, as shown at Figs. 1 and 1. An inner lining c is applied to the top surface of the body portion a, being preferably secured thereto by a suitable cement. This lining may be made of any suitable fabric or cloth and in shape similar to that of the body portion and outer covering. It is larger than the body portion a, but smaller than the outer covering 6, as clearly shown at Figs. 2 and 2, so that when its marginal edge d with the "marginal edge e of the outer covering 5 is turned upwardly they will both project about an equal distance above "the top of -the body portion, as shown at Figs. 3 and 5, and when these two upturned edges (Z and e are connected together by any suitable means the edge (6 of the inner lining 0 holds the edge e of the outer covering 6 in vertical position alongside of the edge of the body portion a and projecting for some distance above the upper surface of the body portion. These edges (Z and a may and are preferably bound with a braid or other suitable binding f, which extends over and embraces both edges. It is shown held in place by a line of sewing g. This draws and holdsthe edges (Z and c firmly together and forms with the binding f a substantially rigid vertical -edge flange extending above the body portion; Figs. 3 and 3 show the sole so far completed. The soft tread-piece or wool sole A may now be apwill be observed by an inspection of the view Fig. 5, the whole of the interior of the sole affords a free base for the bottom of the foot without uncomfortable obstructions and that by reason of the lower edge of the upper being secured to the upturned flange a considerable distance above the base-line of the sole said upper will be prevented from coming in contact with the floor, which often occurs in slippers provided with other soles by the tendency of the soft uppers to sag.

I claim as my invention A slipper-sole, comprising a body portion, a lining attached to the upper surface thereof with its marginal edge free, an outer covering attached to the lower surface of the body portion with its marginal edge free, the marginal edges of the lining and outer covering being upturned around and extending in line with the edge of the body portion in the form of a flange above the plane of the upper surface of the sole, and an attached binding extending over the top edge of the flange and embracing the sides of the upturned edges of a the lining and the outer covering.

EDWIN A. GUINZBURG.

WVitnesses:

ARTHUR C. BLATZ, J AMES A. HUDSON. 

